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Ready for Launch: UMass Researcher Takes a Lead Role with NASA/ISRO Satellite to Collect Remote Sensing Data to Study the Earth from Space | UMass Amherst The satellite, which makes currently invisible parts of the Earth’s surface visible, launched July 30.

Paul Siqueira, professor of electrical and computer engineering @umassamherst.bsky.social, is the ecosystems lead for NISAR, which launched last week. This satellite will observe nearly all of Earth’s land and ice surfaces two times every 12 days, detecting centimeter-level changes.

Engineers Without Borders: Creating Meaningful Change, One Project at a Time | UMass Amherst

At UMass Amherst, engineering is more than a discipline—it’s a tool for solving real-world problems. Through the university’s chapter of Engineers Without Borders, undergraduate students apply their knowledge and creativity to make a tangible difference in communities both locally and globally.

UMass Amherst Joins Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network | UMass Amherst The network of 68 universities is committed to instilling an entrepreneurial mindset in their engineers.

UMass Amherst has joined the Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network (KEEN)—a nationwide partnership of universities that have the shared mission to graduate engineers with an entrepreneurial mindset.

Congratulations to Vibha Balaji for winning the @snmmi-pidsc.bsky.social Best Poster Award (1st Place) and Fan Yang for a great oral presentation at the @snm-mi.bsky.social conference! Ziyuan Zhou & Bowen Lei did excellent work on their virtual posters.
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ARROW Stages Summer Education Accelerator at UMass Amherst : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst The Summer Education Accelerator empowered participants to share the latest innovations in offshore-wind energy and build collaborations across institutions.

The Academic Center for Reliability and Resilience of Offshore Wind (ARROW) recently held a Summer Education Accelerator for faculty, lab staff, postdocs, and students from across the country to participate in an intensive course of study on the UMass Amherst campus.

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Big congrats to Faye, Alanna & Josh on their graduation! We're so proud of everything you've accomplished at WWET Lab and excited to see what’s next. Read more on our website:
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BME Ph.D. Candidate Vibha Balaji Wins Prestigious Award from Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst The Alavi-Mandell Award recognizes young physicians and scientists and encourages them to pursue a career in academia and research in nuclear medicine.

Congratulations to BME PhD candidate Vibha Balaji, who recently received the Alavi-Mandell Award for her paper on “Artificial Intelligence for PET and SPECT Image Enhancement,” published in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine!

Faye Kuszewski representing the @mcbeathlab.bsky.social at #AEESP2025. Presenting to a packed room about the unforeseen consequences of toxic disinfection byproduct formation during the electrochemical treatment of textile dye wastewater.

MIE Undergrads Ben Hyjek and Flo Sabatini Win First Prize in Innovation Challenge Final : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst MIE seniors team up with students from the College of Information and Computer Sciences to win $35,000 for their sustainable smartwatch technology.

The student startup features pioneering kinetic-energy-harvesting technology that the budding entrepreneurs hope will “revolutionize the wearable-technology industry.”

Great UMass Amherst faculty representation at #AEESP2025! Many more students, postdoc and staff also in attendance.

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Congratulations @umasschemeng.bsky.social @umassengineering.bsky.social #Classof2025!!!

🎉 WWET Lab wrapped up the term with a group celebration before summer! Huge congrats to Faye and Alanna on their graduation—we’re so proud of you both! 🥳💧
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25 Years of NASA Student Launch - NASA Students from the University of Massachusetts Amherst team carry their high-powered rocket toward the launch pad at NASA’s 2025 Student Launch launch day

Congratulations to the UMass Rocket Team, which was recently featured as the NASA Image of the Day!

Congrats to Alanna and Faye for successfully defending their MS thesis this week! Very proud of the work they've done in the @mcbeathlab.bsky.social. They have made a big impact @umassamherst.bsky.social, and both will soon be starting their next journey in industry!

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Utilities choosing coal, solar, nuclear or other power sources have a lot to consider, beyond just cost To really compare different electricity sources, you also have to look at the roles they play in keeping the lights on and their drawbacks.

How #utilities choose which power source to invest in depends in large part on two key aspects: price and reliability. Scholars explain: buff.ly/asR6XC6 #energy #greenenergy
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UMass Amherst Sweeps Student Awards at 2025 Safe Mobility Conference : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst An international panel of academic judges reviewed the posters, which showcased innovative research aimed at improving transportation safety and mobility.

The 2025 Safe Mobility Conference, held last week at the University of Wisconsin, has announced the winners of its Student Poster Competition. In a remarkable achievement, UMass Amherst students secured all three top honors in this prestigious, peer-reviewed event.

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UMass Amherst NSBE Student Chapter Wins Award at Annual Convention : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst The UMass Amherst NSBE student chapter won the Region 1 Large Collegiate Chapter Award—their first time receiving a regional award.

Last month, the UMass Amherst National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) student chapter attended the 50th Annual NSBE Convention in Chicago, where they won the Region 1 Large Collegiate Chapter Award—their first time receiving a regional award.

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Research to Illuminate Protein Structure | UMass Amherst Chemical engineering major Yaozu Chen '25 creates microfluidics to determine the structure of proteins, a precursor to designing drugs to target certain proteins.

So proud of the work that @umasschemeng.bsky.social senior Yaozu Chen has done during his time in the group! Congratulations on winning the @umassamherst.bsky.social Rising Researcher Award!
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Watch: UMass Pilot Tests Alumni-created Innovative Trash and Recycling Sorting Robot | UMass Amherst rStream, a robotics-based recycling startup founded by mechanical engineering alumni, recently returned to campus to pilot its newest recycling innovation: a mobile trailer that uses AI to separate tr...

rStream, a robotics-based recycling startup founded by two recent College of Engineering alumni, returned to campus to pilot its newest recycling innovation: a mobile trailer that uses AI to separate trash and recycling.

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Through the new BEAM program, @umassamherst.bsky.social biomedical engineering undergraduates conduct translational research in a clinical setting at UMass Chan Medical School.

UMass Amherst Nurse-Engineer Team Honored for Inventing IV Pole Designed to Improve Patient Safety | UMass Amherst The Elaine Marieb Center for Nursing and Engineering Innovation’s robust research is helping to improve the usability of intravenous smart pumps.

A nurse-engineer team at @umassamherst.bsky.social has been honored with an ANA (American Nurses Association) Innovation Award for inventing a new intravenous (IV) pole designed to improve the safety and ease of administering IV medications at the hospital bedside.

Thank you to everyone who attended our Graduate Research Symposium in the @umassamherst.bsky.social Student Union Ballroom on Tuesday! It was a wonderful celebration of our vibrant graduate student research community.

The National Academy of Engineering has inducted two of the UMass Amherst Electrical and Computer Engineering Department’s most renowned alumni as new members: Victor Bahl (PhD, 1997), a technical fellow and chief technology officer at Microsoft, and Eric Swanson (BS, 1982), co-inventor of OCT.

Congratulations to Daniela Caraeni for winning one of the best poster prizes of the Graduate Students Research Symposium at the College of Engineering, UMass Amherst. @umassengineering.bsky.social. Excellent work Daniela!

A bridge on a beautiful blue bay

When it comes to finding rust on bridges, you don't want to eyeball it. Two #UMass researchers just got the IEEE Editor's Choice Award for figuring out how to scan steel infrastructure for rust using a better method: 3-D lasers! @umassengineering.bsky.social

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MIE’s Hari Balasubramanian and Colleagues Produce Introductory Textbook on “Healthcare Systems Engineering” : College of Engineering : UMass Amherst Healthcare engineering employs a systematic, data-oriented approach to designing, analyzing, and managing health systems to reduce costs and enhance care.

Hari Balasubramanian has collaborated with two colleagues to produce a new textbook on the pioneering method of “healthcare systems engineering.”

Healthcare engineering employs a systematic, data-driven approach to designing, analyzing, and managing health systems to enhance care and reduce costs.